Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Check, a company revolutionizing payroll, and lead a team of engineers to deliver on top priorities. You will actively contribute to solving complex problems, foster a culture of creative problem-solving, and shape the system's architecture. This role requires experience managing engineering teams, building complex systems, and proficiency in debugging and handling critical incidents. Check offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, paid parental leave, flexible PTO, and a 401k plan. The company embraces remote work but values in-person collaboration. Apply now to join our innovative team and make a real impact on the payroll industry.

Requirements

• Experience managing an engineering team of at least 4 engineers through multiple performance cycles
• Experience with staff-level ownership and impact across an organization
• Experience building complex systems (or within a regulated industry) that have scaled and changed over time
• Resiliency in solving highly ambiguous problems or creating structure for collaboration
• Proficiency in debugging complex systems and handling critical incidents
• Experience setting a technical strategy across teams
• Proficiency in Python or Go

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineers and engineering contractors to deliver against Check’s top priorities
• Actively make Check better by working hands-on with our gnarliest problems across engineering teams
• Build a culture of creative problem solving, encouraging teams to fail fast and accelerate learning
• Share and act on hot takes and candid, constructive feedback on ways we make our team or platform better
• Model team leadership by building genuine connections, embracing vulnerability, and working transparently
• Simplify how and what we’re building by shaping the system’s architecture
• Exhibit clear, critical thinking through written proposals, code and code review, or diagrams that illuminate problems and set direction

Preferred Qualifications

Django, React, or Typescript

Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage
• Stock options
• Flexible PTO and sick leave
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• Flexible return-to-work
• 9 annual holidays
• A 401k retirement plan
• A $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses